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[HumphreyHawk]

Imo....looks like a staging area to me

[shavethewhales]

Please don't post photos taken from rides. We don't want to condone breaking the rules.


I have found the markers. They are very close to the bottom of TNT's queue line. In fact, the markings swoop right by the station and seem to follow TNT's track a bit...

[shavethewhales]

Ok, just got off TNT. There are orange markings going around the station, but its just an electric line. There's a small excavator and electrical tubing in the woods near the end of the ride.

The staging area has always been there, but they expanded it a bit and added fresh gravel. The main thing is that they've improved that access road and added new high-wire fences around it to protect the coaster and make it safe for workers. Obviously staging for something big, no doubt about it when you see it.

[Dewayne]

Might be able to see a flag in the green picnic table area behind Annies Shack or from the TNT line.

I dont know much about this coaster or other rides that may possibly be built, but what I do know is this ride, or these rides, will be my new favorite rides or rides and I dont even know what it is, or they are, yet.

[shavethewhales]

I don't know if this has been pointed out yet, but there is also a marker within the swoop after the tunnel on TNT. It's kind of a pink blur as you go by, but definitely a marker.

So this thing is going to be right on top of thunderation... I wonder what that means for TNT.

[Dewayne]

A coaster interacting or going over another coaster. This is 1 of the things Ive been waiting for! This keeps getting better and better.

[Swoosh]

If you need to get a LEGAL photo of the staging area you can get one inside Reunion Hall

[sdcfan88]

It would be really cool if SDC did my ride enhancement suggestion for TNT by making the loop around the top of the lift hill and part of the final drop enclosed. Plus they might have to do this to hide the back lots and the new clearings for maintenance related equipment that will likely come with the new coaster from view of the guests.

I guess mainly I am trying to be optimistic that the ride experience from TNT will not be too severely impacted.

[shavethewhales]

So I'm at the echo hollow show now. The markers clearly make a solid loop around the south bathrooms. They have little dots on the pavement where they couldn't put markers. There's even arrows showing the direction it will go.

[HumphreyHawk]

You can see the painted electical lines from the TnT station that cross through the ride along what looks like a maintainance trail.  I saw the stakes between EH restrooms and the TnT queue.  I didn't see any continuation of the stakes in either direction.  I conclude that the stakes are for show right now for us coaster nerds to create some buzz.

I looked from the green tables at a few points but didn't see anything.  Some red flags up by GE swings....but they didn't seem new.

[HumphreyHawk]

 

I didn't go down by EH....I couldn't see that they continued....cool

[shavethewhales]

Yeah when I saw the photos of just the one stake I thought it must be a joke too, but there's dozens of them now with tons of electric line markings and all that clearing going on. So definitely not a joke, they wouldn't be doing all this just to refurbish echo hollow.

[mhguy77]

I just got home from the city.  I looked from the GE to the bathrooms at TNT but saw no markers from the main pathways. I was probably not looking in the right places.   However when leaving the park I noted they have started to build a new access road between the Echo Hollow service road and the corner of 76 / Indian point.  They had stopped for the day when I left and I was unable to get a pic but they are moving a fair amount of earth for this service entrance.  It is south of where TNT's tracks encroach on IP road.  Somebody get your camera out and have it ready, you pass this while entering the park.  I am pretty convinced this rumor is panning out.

[Swoosh]

^Photos were posted of the flags and work.  See link above (or on previous page)

[mhguy77]

Well Swoosh I went back 3 pages and found the link, the staging area / access area is a fair undertaking.  Looking forward to Coaster Christmas, I hope its going on this year.